Reporting on my study abroad experiences! Edinburgh, Scotland
Worked on 123 assignments, created 107, named on 32 bylines for Trinitonian.
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Five organizations approved as RSOs
Photo credit: Ren Rader
Illustrations by Ren RaderStudent Involvement recently approved five new Registered Student Organizations (RSOs). Being an RSO means the organization is officially acknowledged by Student Involvement instead of by an academic department. From focuses on bullet journaling to socialism, the new groups diversify the now 112 total RSOs on campus. According to Shannon Twumasi, coordinator for student programs, each RSO went...
By Cate Coe (Kara as section editor) + 2 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Long story short, travelers tell their tales
From a professor discovering a new species in Tanzania to a student interviewing strangers in Copenhagen, the stories told on Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the Ruth Taylor Cafe Theater depicted a broad range of travel-related adventures. Around 20 people gathered for Trinity’s first “Long Story Short: An Afternoon of Storytelling” event, organized by the Center for International Engagement, where they...
Illustration by Genevieve Humphreys Generation Z (Gen Z) — born 1997 and onwards as defined by Pew Research Center — is the population of the current teens and young adults that is beginning to enter the working world. Since the oldest members of Gen Z are 22, our undergraduate population at Trinity University is made up almost entirely of Gen...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
Jackpot! Nathaniel Pigott: Beatboxer, fiddler, world traveler
Photo by Mona Mirpour When senior Nathaniel Pigott was in middle school, he and his dad watched “The Sing-Off” on television together. During one of the songs, Pigott began to sing. Not for long, though. His dad told him his adolescent voice singing along with one of the top a capella groups in the country wasn’t as beautiful as he...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
Board of Visitors hosts breakfast for employees
Photo credit: Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh
Photo by Oliver Chapin-EiserlohAlthough skunk trap setters, administrative assistants and lighting specialists don’t always have much in common, they were all among the classified (hourly) employees who gathered for breakfast last Friday, Nov. 8. Trinity’s Board of Visitors organized the breakfast as a way of recognizing the hourly employees on campus. “We come to campus and we just take for...
By Cate Coe (Kara as section editor) + 6 others for Trinitonian - 5 min read
The balancing act: How some students manage coursework, off-campus jobs
Photo credit: Ren Rader
Illustration by Ren RaderGoing to university is a full-time job. However, some students at Trinity work on and off campus at jobs or internships while pursuing their studies. How each student manages the balance varies, but a universal key between all of them is time management. Senior Christian Ledezma is an accounting major and has worked at WashTub, a car...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 6 min read
First-gen faculty share experiences with students
Photo by Mona MirpourNirav Mehta, associate professor in physics and astronomy, came from India to the United States when he was 2 years old. His parents had college degrees from India, but he said once in the states, their degrees were worth much less. When it was time to apply for college in the United States, Mehta said he was...
By Marielle Anne Sambilay (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 6 min read
Who's that Tuttle in Thomas?
Photo by Martina AlmeidaNathan Tuttle, residential life coordinator for the upper-division area at Trinity University, greeted me at the City Vista apartment complex main office late in the afternoon. This lavish office is where Tuttle can be found most often, where he assists the residents of City Vista with mail and other issues. But Tuttle’s duties go beyond managing the...
By Kara Killinger (Kara as section editor) + 3 others for Trinitonian - 6 min read
A research lab without the lab coats
Photo credit: Oliver Chapin-Eiserloh
Photo by Oliver Chapin-EiserlohThis past Monday afternoon, sophomore Kennice Leisk and junior Rebecca Kroger sat at the corner of a long table in Northrup 303. Their laptops were pushed together, and on their screens was a picture of a twelfth century commentary on Virgil’s Eclogue 7, along with an approximately 900-word Google doc — their transcription of the original Latin...
By Logan Crews (Kara as section editor) + 5 others for Trinitonian - 4 min read
Jackpot! Ciara McDaniel makes magic with her music
Photo by Mona MirpourSenior music education major Ciara McDaniel got her first taste of music education in high school. She started playing flute in her middle school band, and by the end of high school, she was drum major of the marching band. “Seeing other students go through moments where they didn’t understand something and then they did because I...
